Car-end construction



March 3l, 1925- 1,532,106

R. C. MuNRo GAR END ooNsTRUTIoN Filed May '7, 1920 ,i I l l l l I l I I l Patented Mar. 31, 1925.

`unirse STATES PATENT `orifice.v

ROY C. MUNRO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SSG-NOB, BY MESNE ASSGNMENTS, TO KEN- Ll'CViI'lfLY` MIUATU'FACIL'URIJSTG COMPANY, A. CORBOBATION UTF DELAWARE.

CAR-END CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 7,

To all whom 'it may concern."

Be it known that I, ROY C. MUNRO,l a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful 1mprovement in Car-End Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to car end constructions, and `has for an object the provision of a composite end constituted of wood panelling,` reinforced'by metal panelling in the lower portion of the car end, to .form a structure that adequately resists the end thrusts of the load in the car and at the same time is light and economical.

The invention has for other objects such other improvement-sor advantages in construction and operation as may be found to obtain in the structures and deviceshereinafter described 01 claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and showing, `or purposes of exeinplification, a preferred foi-in and manner in which the invention may be embodied and practiced but without limiting theclaimed invention specifically to such illustrative instance or instances.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a railway box car provided with a composite end constructed in accordance with the'present iinprovenients Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the saine on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The same characters of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the wood panelling is constituted of an inside panelling` 11 and an outside panelling 12, the inside panelling 11`being formed of horizontally arranged panel boards whereas the outside panelling 12 is formed of vertically arranged panel boards. The inside panelling 11 is laid againstfand secured to the end posts 13 and the diagonal braces 14;

r and extends horizontally between the two corner posts 15 located at the end corners of the car frame, to which corner posts the inside wood panelling is also secured. To further brace the structure there is provided a belt rail 16 located approximately midway between the top and bottom of the car end and secured in any preferred manner to the leso. sei-iai No. 379,451.

end posts 13, the diagonal braces 14 and the corner posts 15. 4The inside p'anelling 11 is also suitably secured to Athe belt rail 16. Vertically, the inside panelling 11 extends approximately from the car floor to the `end plate 17, as vshown in TEig. 2.

The outside wood panelling 12 extends vertically from the bottom of the end sill 18 to and beyond the top of the end plate 17. This outside panelling 12 rests against the outer faces of the endsill 18 and end plate 17 and is secured to said sill 18 and plate -17 as well as'to 'the end posts 13, the diagonal braces 14C, the corner posts 15 and the belt rail 1G. l'lorizontally, the outside panelling extends from side to side of the car end, as shown in Fig. 1. At the top of the car a subfascia 19 is laid against and secured to the outside panelling 12, and laid against and secured to the sub-fascia 19 is the usual fascia 20.

in accordance with the present invention, the'lower section of the end structure is braced and strengthened by a metal panelling 21 which is Vbolted at 22 through the inside and outside panelling 11 and l2 to the end Vposts 13, at 23 through the two wood panellings to the diagonal braces 14, at 25 through the two wood panellings to the corner posts 15, and is bent around and bolted to the outer side faces of the corner posts at 26. At the bottoni thenietal panelling is bolted to the outer face of the end sill 18 by means of a line of bolts 27. rllhis metal panelling 21 is made exceptionally strong by constituting' it of a plurality of horizontal corrugations 28, preferably of the general character disclosed in the prior patent to Thomas Nathan Russell No. 1,332,857 dater March 2, 1920. That is to say, the lower metal panelling 21 has its body constituted of parallel truncated corrugations whose oppositely presented flat faces are of less exl tended width than the connecting webs that truss them. Because of its position extending clear across the lower portion of the car end, the metal panelling 21 constitutes a powerful reinforcement for the lower pon tions of the inside wood panelling 11 and similar portions of the outside wood panelling 12, as such metal panelling is placed in `a position where it resists the main thrusts of the load in the car. The natural strength of the metal in the panelling 21 is furthermore greatly enhanced by the corrugated formation of the sheet, the horizontally corrugated body forming a powerful brace against end thrusts of the load within the car.

In ordertonprevent water from getting in between the lower metal panelling 2l and the outside wood panelling l2, therexis pror4 vided a horizontal flashingl strip 29 which extends from side to side 'of the car'and is secured to the outside wood panelling 12 just above theupper horizontal edge'of the metal panel'ling` Q1; As shown in: Fig;l 2 the lower edge of the'ashing strip 29 is rabbeted'at 30 and the upper edge ofthe nietal panellingjQlseats in said rabb'et, with the resultthat the outer portion of the lower edge of the flashing strip 29 overlaps the upper horizontal edge of the panelling 21. This provides a substantially-r water tight joint preventing the entrance of water behindjthe metal panelling.l

The invention as hereinabove set forth is embodied in a particular forni` of construction, but may be variously embodied within the scope of the claim hereinafter made.

I claim:

In av car-end, in combination: end bracing?r members; an inside wooden panelling secured to the inner Ylaces of said end bracing nienibers; an outside wooden panellingl se cured tothe outer faces of said ineinbers; inetal panelling extending` transversely from side to side ol the car and secured against the lower portion o1 the outside woooen panelling, by estenin` rneans passed through the metal panelling, the end bracingineinbers and both wooden panellings, thereby bracin'gboth wooden panellings and the end bracingl members against the relatively greater load thrust developed within the lower portion of the car; and a dashing strip secured to said outside wooden panelling,V said flashingl strip extendingV horizontally from side to side ofthe car-end and having-its bottoni edge overlapping/the top horizontal edge of `the aforesaid metal panelling; substantially as specified.

Bor o. Moiano. 

